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GDC 2021: War stories from World of Warcraft

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Just before the news about the state litigation against Activision-Blizzard broke last month, Senior Software Engineer Joseph Cochron and Principal Software Engineer Kurtis McCathern...

Overwatch’s McCree isn’t the only Blizzard character getting a rename

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Yesterday, we reported on Blizzard's announcement that it'll be changing the name of Overwatch's character McCree, who was named after Jesse McCree, one of...

Massively Overthinking: The worst chat in the MMORPG genre

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The first rule of MMORPGs is turn off global chat. Think about that for a sec. This is a genre that is expressly multiplayer...
Just barely avoided this fate.

Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that waved goodbye without ever making it to launch

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If you've somehow missed this fact, then I hate to be the one to inform you of it, but it's time you learned: MMOs...
La la la la la, I'm in love with lovely Johnny

Massively OP Podcast Episode 336: Bards and battleships

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Justin and Bree discuss World of Warships, Roblox, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, Elyon, and Neverwinter, with adventures in LOTRO, FFXIV, GW2, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on repurposing nostalgia and transplanting MMO systems.
lol so randum

World of Warcraft will add solo island expeditions in patch 9.1.5

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While it doesn't actually have a title, it seems that World of Warcraft patch 9.1.5 could be unofficially titled "Here's That Stuff You Wanted,...

LOTRO Legendarium: Why Lord of the Rings Online is worth playing in 2021

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It has come to my attention that there are more MMO nomads than normal this summer who are casting about for a new game...

The Daily Grind: List your favorite expansion to every MMO you’ve played

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Lists -- we're doing one today. And it has the potential to be a really fun one! The challenge is fairly simple: Make a list...
Sometimes it just makes sense.

World of Warcraft reverses course on player customization and promises more

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Back in February, Blizzard reversed its stance on player customization options for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Originally, players had been told that further customization...
Balance.

The Daily Grind: Is the MMO industry a zero-sum game?

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A while back I spied a thread on the MMORPG subreddit that was lamenting the fact that Final Fantasy XIV has been blowing up....
This went over great.

WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s burning of Teldrassil plot wrap-up is terrible

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Fair warning: This post contains spoilers for the current World of Warcraft plotline for anyone who has not finished up the latest parts of...
If I had known then what I know now, I... would have felt no different, really, but it might have mitigated stuff.

WildStar’s Stephan Frost shares the depressing ‘flat circle’ of MMO development

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Former WildStar lead Stephan Frost piped up on Twitter this past Friday to share a story. This isn't just any story, but rather all...

Battle Bards Episode 199: World of Warcraft tavern tunes

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At the start and end of a long day of adventurin’, the Battle Bards love to kick back with a frosty mug of (ginger)...

Massively Overthinking: What’s your favorite type of MMORPG raid?

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Raiding is one of those very simple MMO concepts that has somehow become a contentious one in the broader discourse. A "raid" in MMO...
Local Panda Recalls When She Was Special.

WoW Factor: What do changes in Blizzard management mean for World of Warcraft?

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Blizzard is going through some changes at the moment. This is a good thing, as Blizzard has made it clear that it is a...

Blizzard apparently ousted three more key devs, including Diablo IV’s game director

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Kotaku is reporting that Blizzard has parted way with several more high-profile developers this week: Luis Barriga was game director on Diablo IV, while...
Effing OOPS

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that would actually benefit from a Classic server

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Here's the thing about having a classic server for a lot of MMORPGs: It doesn't actually do much. In order for a classic server...

The Daily Grind: How many MMOs have you played this summer so far?

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I've always seen the summer as a time to branch out and get in as much MMORPG gaming as possible, especially with all of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 334: New World’s fourth delay

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Justin and Bree discuss Bless Unleashed's PC launch, Blizzard's financials and Brack's departure, New World's latest delay, Dungeon and Dragons Online, the gender and survey, with adventures in Ship of Heroes, LOTRO, FFXIV, Albion, CoH, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on deadly difficulty in LOTRO and why FFXIV has become the landing zone for WoW refugees.
Torgy torgy

Blizzard workers address the drawbacks of boycotts, gamers lament WoW’s deep decline

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Ever since California filed a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard in July, the industry has been appalled, but it's also been squabbling...

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